Kamis, 29 Desember 2011

Studio A-1 Pictures (AnoHana, Kuroshitsuji) has produced a 3-minute
promotional video for author Kazuma Otorino’s upcoming light novel Ryugajo Nanana no Maizokin
(Nanana’s Buried Treasure). The novel revolves around a schoolboy who’s
apartment is haunted by the ghost of an attractive teen girl. The
novel, which will hit Japanese bookstores on January 30, won the
editor’s top prize in the 13th Enterbrain Entertainment Awards last September.

According to the official website, a TV anime adaptation of Tachibana
Pan’s (author) and Katsurai Yoshiaki’s (illustrator)
supernatural-comedy light novel series, ｢Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai.｣, has been announced. The new project will be produced by animation studio Feel.
The light novel series currently has 5 volumes to date – with the
first volume debuting on June 19th, 2010. A manga adaptation by Okagiri
Shou was also serialized in Monthly Dragon Age magazine that same year.*Synopsis:

Kaga Ryosuke, a helplessly romantic teenager, was walking
in the rain when he sees a beautiful girl with red eyes drenched in the
rain. Everyone was avoiding her, but Ryosuke was taught to treasure
women so he offered his help by letting her dry off at his home. Ryosuke
can’t imagine that this mysterious girl would stab him in the chest and
leave him to die… Or did she? Who is this pretty girl and what does she
want with him?

According to the official website, an anime adaptation of Torako’s
(author) and Osaka Nozomi’s (illustrator) romance-comedy light novel
series, ｢Chuunibyo demo Koi ga Shitai!｣, has been green-lit for production. It will be produced by Kyoto Animation.
Last year, the light novel received an honorable mention under the Novel category at the first Kyoto Animation Award program.*Synopsis:

Togashi Yuta used to suffer from what is known as chuunibyou
(8th grade disease). However he outgrew this phase in his life when
entering highschool. But it was there where he met a strange girl named
Takanashi Rikka — who happened to be inflicted with chuunibyou. Yuta is then forced to make a contract with her.

Jumat, 23 Desember 2011

｢Zero no Tsukaima F｣ is
the fourth and final season of the TV series. It is scheduled to begin
January 7th, 2012 (8:30 JST) on AT-X — will consist of 12 episodes.
Media Factory has released three promotional videos that can be seen
after the jump.

Rabu, 21 Desember 2011

Another post about videogame music from me. This time it's from Dissidia
012 Duodecim: Final Fantasy, this is the song for the god of discord
hence why this song is all about chaos and destruction. Don't forget to
turn captions ON so you could read the lyrics while playing. ­­

God in Fire

By: Kidneythieves

Gone in a second, ultimate destruction
Gods are warring, sorrow neverending
Endless chaos for an eternity
Welcome to the abyss

Backwater town where nothing happens
Don't let disguises fool you
Evil is coming from everywhere
Destroying all that we believe is good

My mother's ghost still haunts me now
Fortune abandoned by God
Nothing can bring her back to me
Now I will seek to preach and destroy

There is no mercy, compassion in the world
Embrace the chaos, for in the end that is all
Now the universe is broken, lost its course
Turn your back on all you have loved, for it is

Gone in a second, ultimate destruction
Gods are warring, sorrow neverending
Endless chaos for an eternity
Welcome to the abyss

Creation desperate waiting for
Herein comes to transcend all war
Watch how the blood must starve the divine
Throw out his hatred for all time

There is no mercy, compassion in the world
Embrace the chaos, for in the end that is all
Now the universe is broken, lost its course
Turn your back on all you have loved, for it is

Gone in a second, ultimate destruction
Gods are warring, sorrow neverending
Endless chaos for an eternity
Welcome to the end, to the abyss

All gods will live on and so it will be
Alpha omega an end that you'll see

Gone in a second, ultimate destruction
Gods are warring, sorrow neverending
Endless chaos for an eternity
Welcome to the end, to the abyss

Like my previous music post, this music is played during a certain stage
where you fight the most savage of beasts, Feral Chaos, the final boss
of the game. After waging an endless war against the goddess of harmony,
Chaos, the god of discord went completely insane and became nothing but
a beast unleashed to bring forth destruction.

A young woman, by some strange occurrence, was left to
die alone in the former building of Seikyou Academy. Mysteriously, there
is one person who can see her in ghost form: Niiya Teiichi, a freshman.
Now they both seek to find out the reasoning behind her death, and what
could have caused it.

Rabu, 14 Desember 2011

According to the official website, a TV anime adaptation for SEGA’s role-playing PSP game, ｢Shining Hearts｣, has been announced. The new project will be handled by Production I.G. It is scheduled to air in April 2012.*Synopsis:

One day, a mysterious girl named Kaguya was washed
ashore the island of Wyndaria after a great storm. She encounters Rick,
a swordsman who wound up working at the island’s bakery. Apparently,
Kaguya is suffering from having lost her memories and emotions. In
addition, the usually peaceful Wyndaria is now swarming with pirates
who came seeking for the special spirit stone that is worn around
Kaguya’s neck. Knowing the situation, Rick and his co-workers, Nellis,
Amyl, and Aerie decided to bring back peace to island and help Kaguya
regain her lost memories and emotions.

According to the January issue of Comptiq magazine, Sukaji’s (author) and Kira Inugami’s (illustrator) school-comedy manga series ｢Ebiten｣ will be receiving an anime adaptation.
The manga currently has 2 volumes to date – with the first volume debuting on October 10th, 2009. It began serialization in Comp Ace magazine in December 2008.
Illustrator Kira Inugami is most notable for his artwork from ｢Seitokai no Ichizon｣.*Synopsis:

Noya Itsuki just started his school year at the Ebisugawa
High School and since he has always had a fascination with space, he
decides to join the astronomy club. However, he mistakenly walks into
the all girls Otaku Club. He notices that the members are really weird,
but Itsuki has yet to realize that he isn’t in the astronomy club. His
life is about to get complicated by being surrounded by so many girls.

The pop idol group AKB48 announced on Thursday that all members will join
the social networking service Google+ to connect with fans worldwide.
The project team plans to offer translations of the female singers'
posts in English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Indonesian. The
announcement came as AKB48 celebrated its sixth anniversary on Thursday.
The 260 total performers in AKB48 and its
sister groups, such as SKE48 and NMB48, will post messages, pictures,
and videos using Google+. Due to the popularity of AKB48's
founding concept "idols you can meet," the project's creators want to
provide a new way for fans to interact with all the groups' singers.
Because Google+ accounts are restricted to people over the age of 18, an
account called "Heyakko" will post on behalf of the younger idols.
Each AKB48 and sister group member will be
able to video chat with up to nine fans using Google+'s Hangout
feature. The singers also intend to use the service to post live from
events including the "AKB48 Kōhaku Taikou Uta Gassen" song battle on December 20 and the “AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2012″ concert event in January.

According to Manga Time Kirara magazine, a TV anime adaptation of Ishiki’s romance-comedy (4-panel) manga series, ｢Acchi Kocchi｣ has been green-lit for production.
The Acchi Kocchi manga currently has 4 volumes to date – with the first volume debuting on October 27th, 2007. It began serialization in Manga Time Kirara magazine in October 2006.*Synopsis: (courtesy of Mangahelpers)

Wouldn’t you just love to poke in a relationship between
two young high schoolers who have a subtle distance between each other?
Of course you would. Tsumugi and Io have this subtle distance that
anyone would want to jump in between just to bug them. That’s what the
other characters are there for. Tsumugi, being a tsundere and all, won’t
be honest about her feelings toward Io. Io on the other hand is unaware
of Tsumugi’s feelings, hence the subtle distance between the two. Now,
let’s watch these two and see what events await them…

Additional Info: Originally released in December 2010 as a mascot for the Vocaloid TV program VOCALO Revolution using VY1′s voicebank. She was later given a new Vocaloid 3 design and own voice — provided by Eri Kitamura.

The French magazine AnimeLand and producer Seiji Okudareported via graphic designer Maiko Kissaka that character designer and animation director Shingo Araki passed away on Wednesday. He was 72.
Known for his work on the Saint Seiya fantasy adventure anime adaptations, Araki also worked on The Rose of Versailles, Gegege no Kitarō, Ashita no Joe, and Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. Araki was an animator for the 1980s American animation productions Inspector Gadget, Mighty Orbots, The Adventures of the American Rabbit and G.I. Joe: The Movie.
Araki often collaborated with character desinger Michi Himeno. They worked on Saint Seiya, The Rose of Versailles, Gegege no Kitarō, Ashita no Joe, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and other anime together. The pair founded the Araki Productions anime studio in 1975.

According to Famitsu, Vector’s bishoujo mobile game ｢Koi-ken!｣
will be receiving an anime adaptation in early 2012. The new series
will be made available for smartphones via a premium-priced streaming
service.
The original game was first introduced on January 27th, 2010. It currently has 3 million users.

According to Famitsu, Square Enix’s upcoming arcade card game, ｢Chou Soku Henkei Gyrozetter｣,
will also be receiving a TV anime adaptation. The game, which is
scheduled to be released Summer 2012, features automobiles that can
transform into battle robots. Certain car makers, including Mazda,
Mitsubishi, Mitsuoka, Nissan, Subaru, and Toyota, will be participating.
A-1 Pictures will be the studio behind the anime project.

In addition, Square Enix is planning to venture into other forms of
media including manga, anime, games, and toy merchandise for their Gyrozetter advertising campaign:

A manga series will begin in Saikyou Jump magazine starting December 3rd.

A TV anime series produced by A-1 Pictures will follow shortly after.

A Nintendo 3DS video game is also in the works.

Toy merchandise, figures and TCG will be available throughout the new year.